Kartik Kinhal

About Kartik Kinhal

Summary• Dynamic strategic leader with a proven track record of optimizing end-to-end business operations.• Master at deploying lean principles and driving process excellence to consistently achieve outstanding results.• Skilled in navigating the complexities of global organizations, including centralized functions, globally shared services, and multi-site operations across diverse business segments.• Specialist in the global supply chain and semiconductor manufacturing industry, bringing extensive experience in engineering, automation, analytics, and operations.• Leader of large-scale, complex projects and programs that significantly impact entire operations and product domains.• Passionate about nurturing key relationships both internally and externally, using customer satisfaction as a guiding principle for decision-making.• Leadership style that cultivates high-performing teams driven by urgency, excellence, and a forward-thinking enterprise-wide perspective.• Proven ability to shape the future by developing talented teams poised for success.Career Highlights• Successfully led the transformation & turnaround of Operations from its lowest performance stage to achieving best-in-class performance in Logistics, resulting in receiving the \"Team of the Year\" and \"Best Use of Technology\" awards, thereby making operations more agile and productive.• Implemented and managed a $25M Goods-to-Person Technology for Inbound Operations, achieving a 90% reduction in overall delivery cycle time.• Oversaw the design and implementation of a Hub-Spoke Network, which resulted in a 20% reduction in transportation costs and a fourfold improvement in service level agreements.• Deployed an Intelligent Fab Manufacturing Scheduler, driving a 1% weekly increase in Fab output across all Global Fabs while improving the yield of wafers by 67%.

Experience

1. Director - Engineering, Automation & Analytics, Manufacturing & Logistics

   Applied Materials

   Dec 2025 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

  B.Tech, Electronics & Communication

  2005 — 2009

• Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  Stanford LEAD - Corporate Innovation and Business , Business Administration and Management, General

• University of California, Berkeley

  Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

• Arizona State University

  MSTech, Microelectronics engineering

  2010 — 2011

• University of California, Berkeley

  Professional Certification, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

• Kendriya Vidyalaya

  High School, Science

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Data Visualization
• Sputtering
• Statistical Process Control (Spc)
• Process Optimization
• Spc
• Thin Films
• Semiconductor Process
• Circuit Design
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Physics
• Process Control
• Silicon
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Solar Cells
• Design of Experiments
• Manufacturing
• Microsoft Excel
• Theory of Constraints
• Simulations
• Dmaic
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Pmp
• Semiconductors
• Semiconductor Device
• Process Engineering
• C++
• Electronics
• Cvd
• Cmos
• Minitab
• Management
• Six Sigma
• Matlab
• Data Mining
• C
• Microsoft Office
• Vlsi
• Process Improvement
• Characterization